topic Entering the BIOS at power-up in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/entering-the-bios-at-power-up/m-p/162156#M102682 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a Vaio PCG-FX103 laptop, on which I am going to swap out the hard drive (10GB to 60GB). This means I will have to re-install the OS (which has been upgraded to Win XP Home), which in turn means booting from a CD rather than the hard drive.<BR /><BR />How do I get into the BIOS setup program at power-up, so I can set it to boot from the CD rather than from the hard drive?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance<BR /><BR />Lesley Park<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:15:58 GMT LesleyPark 2005-11-10T16:15:58Z Entering the BIOS at power-up https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/entering-the-bios-at-power-up/m-p/162156#M102682 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I have a Vaio PCG-FX103 laptop, on which I am going to swap out the hard drive (10GB to 60GB). This means I will have to re-install the OS (which has been upgraded to Win XP Home), which in turn means booting from a CD rather than the hard drive.<BR /><BR />How do I get into the BIOS setup program at power-up, so I can set it to boot from the CD rather than from the hard drive?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance<BR /><BR />Lesley Park<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:15:58 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/entering-the-bios-at-power-up/m-p/162156#M102682 LesleyPark 2005-11-10T16:15:58Z Re: Entering the BIOS at power-up https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/entering-the-bios-at-power-up/m-p/162157#M102683 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ibelieve the default is to boot from CD before HDD but if its not pressing "F2" repeatedly at switch on gets you into the bios.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:20:54 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/pcs-accessories/entering-the-bios-at-power-up/m-p/162157#M102683 William 2005-11-10T16:20:54Z